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A Story Of Why Teams Need To Embrace Sports Science

In 2013 the University of Maryland hired Dr. David Klossner, Ph.D as the associate athletic director of sports performance. He spent the last 10 years as the Director of the NCAA Sports Science institute.  Dr. Klossner now oversees sports medicine, strength and conditioning, and nutrition for the Division I Terrapins.  Dr. Klossner was the first ever […]

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Tennessee Startup SeamTrak Trains Hitters To Identify Pitches

A few years back, the video above (highly recommended to wear the appropriate glasses while watching it) was produced by the The New York Times, entitled as “How Mariano Rivera Dominates Hitters”. This 3D iteration accompanied a story on Rivera’s successful signature cutter. This rendering demonstrates the acute similarities between his fastball and cutter that […]

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Sports Science To Be Added To Physical Education Curriculum In UK

The old days of Physical Education being a place for endless games of dodgeball and kickball are in the past—well, they are at least getting an upgrade. Beginning in September 2016, students from the United Kingdom who will take their GCSEs and A-Levels in PE (the equivalents of a specialized high school diploma in the […]

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